Word: opts
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...dinner skipped for lack of maize meal, the local staple. You hear of the shortages brought on by government price controls and farm seizures. You hear frustration over seasons of drought and see angry eyes raised at the clear blue sky. Talk invariably turns to exit strategies. Whites opt for Perth or Cape Town or, worse, chilly London - always "for the children." Among blacks, there's wishful thinking of a job earning foreign currency in Botswana, Namibia, England. At each meal, people also serve up cracks about their misery. Recently I heard a half-mocking piece of advice for Harare...
...launch massive SMS marketing campaigns in other European countries. And Sony Computer Entertainment Germany, which conducted an SMS marketing campaign in December to push PlayStation 2 as a Christmas gift, is also planning new SMS campaigns. SMS purports to be an ethical form of advertising, since people must consciously opt in to receive the initial message. But there are already signs of abuse. Last August, Moby Monkey, a premium-rate services provider based in Leeds, England, was fined €75,800 after a U.K. regulatory body found that the company's promotional text messages were "seriously misleading." Recipients were urged...
Since many students opt to leave before Wednesday, those who chose to endure the last few days of classes are often faced with empty lecture halls and frustrated faculty. Often, professors do not put energy into their lectures or cover important material when they know that over half the class may be missing, and logically, they should not have to. Unlike some administrators, faculty are generally understanding of the travel concerns of students, and many cancel their lectures and sections...
...skillfully exploiting differences among his domestic and international enemies. That may be why the Arabs, Russia and France have taken great pains to drive home the message to Saddam that unless he accepts the UN resolution, a war that he cannot survive is inevitable. That leaves Saddam likely to opt, at least, to delay any confrontation by signaling compliance and then stringing out the process as much as possible to avoid provoking a U.S. attack and hoping that when the arms inspectors report back next February their mandate is simply extended...
...special fund has been used as a reserve, in case more College students than expected to opt out of the council’s term bill...